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The cooking gene : a journey through African American culinary history in the Old South Cover Image Book Book

The cooking gene : a journey through African American culinary history in the Old South

Twitty, Michael 1977- (author.).

Summary: "A memoir of Southern cuisine and food culture that traces the paths of the author's ancestors (black and white) through the crucible of slavery to show its effects on our food today"--

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780062379290
  • ISBN: 0062379291
  • ISBN: 9780062379276
  • ISBN: 0062379275
  • Physical Description: print
    xvii, 443 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-437).
Formatted Contents Note: Preface: The Old South -- No more whistling walk for me -- Hating my soul -- Mise en place -- Mishpocheh -- Missing pieces -- No nigger blood -- "White man in the woodpile" -- 0.01 percent -- Sweet tooth -- Mothers of slaves -- Alma mater -- Chesapeake gold -- The Queen -- Adam in the garden -- Shake dem 'simmons down -- All creatures of our G-d and king -- The Devil's half acre -- "The King's cuisine" -- Crossroads -- The old country -- Sankofa.

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  • 3 out of 3 copies are currently available at Clayton County Library System.

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Clayton County Library System:
      Headquarters Library 		641.592 TWITTY, MICHAEL ( Send Text)
 31012004730295 STACKS Available
Clayton County Library System:
      Riverdale Branch 		641.59 TWITTY, MICHAEL W. ( Send Text)
 31012005835499 STACKS Available
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      Riverdale Branch 		641.59 TWITTY, MICHAEL W. ( Send Text)
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